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狮王憎恨一切杂色羊，虽然杀死这些杂色羊要不了多长时间，但那将犯下弥天大罪。森林里的动物之所以拥立它为王，并能让它稳居王位多年，就是因为它的公正无私，而非残暴。然而,它确实无法忍受杂色羊。如何使它既能除掉这些杂色羊，又不影响它狮王的声望？于是它招来熊和狐狸两个心腹，并对它们吐露了自己可怜的遭遇：“ 一看到杂色羊，我眼睛就不舒服,我发现它们严重有损我的视力。长此下去，恐怕我会瞎的，可又不知道怎么去解决这个问题!” 熊恶狠狠地说道:“陛下,在我看来，这件事太容易了！什么都不用说,直接杀掉这群羊！没有谁会关心它们的死活!” 狐狸看到狮王连皱眉头，于是谦卑地说：“噢，陛下，尊贵的陛下，我相信您绝不会这样对那些可怜的杂色羊！您这么仁慈，怎么会忍心呢？我斗胆提出一个较好的建议:分配给它们一块最好的草地,在那里,母羊整天有草吃，小羊羔可以四处乱跳玩耍,可以下令让狼去看管它们。我猜测——只是个猜测，那群羊无论如何都会渐渐灭绝的，但至少现在它们是自由幸福的，如果它们后来死了，那也不关您的事!” “都同意吗? ”狮王问道，所有爪子都举了起来。 这一计划进展得十分顺利。日子一天天过去了，杂色羊几乎灭绝了，连普通羊也不见了。这些野兽如何解释这种悲惨的结局呢？狮王却说：“这都是狼在肆虐呀!” Speckled Sheep The lion king abhorred all speckled sheep. Of course, to kill them off would not have taken long. But that, of course, would be extremely wrong. It is not for this the forest calls him lord，for justice，not for wrath，he holds his lofty station，and yet a speckled sheep to see he can，t abide. Then how get rid of them yet keep his reputation? He summons to his side the bear and fox, and hastens to confide his piteous tale to their devotion,“To see a speckled sheep so hurts my eyes,I find the sight is simply undermined. I see that in the end I surely shall go blind, and how to deal with it, I have not got a notion! ” The bear gives a scowl，“Most puissant king，，，said he, “the matter’s clear e- nough for me! Without another word condemn the sheep to be destroyed. No one cares for them. ” At this time Lion frowned, of which the fox took note. He humbly lifts his voice, “Oh，King. Our noble king，I’m sure to those poor beasts you’ll never do a thing! You a guiltless head devote? A better plan I venture to suggest. Allot them special fields, the fairest and the best，where ewes have grass to eat all day，and little lambs can frisk about and play，and as for shepherds. It is but very few we keep，give orders to the wolves to guard the sheep. I somehow think it’s just a guess, no doubt,that sheep will anyhow be dying out. Then let them now, at least, be free and happy there. If they die，it won’t be your affair. ” “In favor?，，asked the king,and every paw was showing. The plan worked out so well that as the days went on the speckled sheep were nearly gone. The plain ones were going, too. And how did all the beasts this sad result explain? The lion does his best,“It’s all those wolves again. ’’ |
